Thought I'd create myself a hobby log to show off my stuff as I paint it, and get some feedback as well. I've got quite a bit of my Astra Militarum painted, but have recently started a small Chaos army, and my Dark Elves are an ongoing project:

The list below are the models I've got that are unpainted and that I'm going to try and get done this year. I'm remaining hopeful but I tend to paint very slowly, as I'm a bit of a fiend for the small details. :

Chaos Cultists
I had loads of fun painting these guys. They've got loads of awesome details. It's a shame they'll die like cattle on the table

Chaos Space Marine Squad (or part of)
My first try at OSL with the airbrush. I really liked how the plasma glow came out on these, and will certainly be using this technique in the future.

Chaos Rhinos
Had a go at using the Forge World weathering powders, and really pleased with how it came out. Unfortunately, when I sprayed the varnish on the model, the Isopropyl alcohol used to bind the powder seems to have reacted with the varnish, and it came out a bit frosty

Witch Elves
Really fun painting these ladies but took me ages. If I was to get a big unit of these with a cauldron I think it would take me ages to paint another 20 of these girls. They rank up terribly as well!

I'm just finishing a unit of Dark Riders and an assassin, so hopefully pictures will follow next weekend.

Thanks Nick, that sounds like a good idea. I've got some blue wash so I might give it a try. It's quite an extreme effect and I get what you're saying, it sort of misses out the detail. Would you put it on all the white area, or just the plasma coils?

Finished my "count as" Chaos spawn Used plenty of Blood for the Blood God to make them messy too. I like to think they're freshly mutated, hence all of the blood covering the protrusions on their backs and bones they've stuck into themselves.

I chose the Crypt Ghouls as to me they seem more like believable genetic mutations as they're still a bit humanoid. I'm not a fan of the actual spawn models, just horns and tentacles all over the place.

Next up this weekend....the Obliterators. I usually put Mark of Nurgle on them, so the question is, to Nurgle or not to Nurgle? Do I nurgle them up, or just keep them in the Iron Warriors colours?

Finished my Obliterators this morning. I went for the Iron Warriors theme for consistency in the end.....and yet more blood :p It's quite difficult to tell where the flesh ends and metal begins when you're painting them.

Will probably work on my Dark Elves Master this week and then the many Leman Russes I have to do.